Joris Nieuwint

Joris Nieuwint is a battlefield guide for the Operation Market Garden area. His primary focus is on the Allied operations from September 17th, 1944 onwards. Having lived in the Market Garden area for 25 years, he has been studying the events for nearly as long. He has a deep understanding of the history and a passion for sharing the stories of the men who are no longer with us.

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Articles by Joris Nieuwint:

Flying the Me 262 – Amazing Footage Of The Only Flyable Nazi Jet Fighter

There are very few aircraft in the history of aviation as unique and innovative as the Messerschmitt Me 262. This was created out of desperation.…

Ju87 Stuka Dive Bombers in Action with Sound and Sirens WW2 Luftwaffe Footage

The Stuka got its nickname from the German word Sturzkampfflugzeug or dive-bomber, the official designation was Junkers Ju-87. The first plane prototype Stuka flew in…

Rare WW2 German Combat Footage

See this extraordinary combat footage from WWII! Watch, as it begins with the German soldiers marching in their famous or – depending on your preference…

10 Best WWII Fighter Aircraft

WWII Fighter Aircraft

Over a period of six years of conflict, from 1939 to 1945, aircraft designs had progressed in leaps and bounds. From the obsolete biplane to…

WATCH: Top 10 Dumbest Weapons Ever Created

Dumbest Weapons

As if bombs and guns weren’t already reliable ways to kill, the inventors of these top 10 dumbest weapons have found imaginative new ways to…

Pictures: Life and Death of the German Heavy Cruiser Admiral Graf Spee

The Admiral Graf Spee was a notorious heavy cruiser in the Nazi Germany’s Kriegsmarine during World War II. The ship was built at the Reichsmarinewerft…

Dornier Do 335 Pfeil (Arrow) – fastest piston engine fighter of WW2

Dornier Do 335

During the Second World War, the Dornier company was building a radically different airplane, the Do 335 Pfeil (“Arrow”). Having a unique “push-pull” layout and…

How to Lose the War in 100 Days, Give The Eastern Front to Himmler

The headline may come to a surprise to many, wasn’t Heinrich Himmler the person behind the SS and the Holocaust? Surely he wasn’t in command…

World’s largest LEGO ship – USS Missouri WWII battleship

BB-63, the USS Missouri “Mighty Mo” is an Iowa-class United States Navy Battleship, the third that was named in honor of the US state of…

What You Should Know About The Tomb Of The Unknown Soldiers

Many nations have special monuments to soldiers who fell in battle and whose bodies have never been recovered or identified. The United Kingdom has the…

11 Iconic Battlefields of WWII Then And Now

After just over 70 years, we look back at 11 iconic locations of the Second World War as they were then – and as they are…

Myth Or Real? Germany Built Wooden Airfields to Fool the Allies, So They Bombed It With Wooden Bombs

This story has been told in many ways, where locations of where the airfield was and how it was bombed being different but the gist…